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They meet secretly, using a special CIA managed Zoom pathway. Biden is in the Oval office with only Harris, Blinken and Sullivan present.
Putin is on the large screen.
Biden has made it a point to speak to him on the anniversary of the bombings in 2001.
Biden — You will not have Ukraine. Our alliance will do whatever is needed to block you from having Ukraine. You may end up keeping some of the territory and even some of the newly conquered, but you will not have Ukraine.
Putin (smiling) — We’ll see.
Biden — Second, you’ve succeeded in uniting the West, succeeded in helping us begin to put together a new energy grid that excludes you. Permanently. And you’ll have to invent all the replacement parts that the sanctions we’ve imposed forbid you to have.
Putin (smugly) — We can do it.
Biden — Turkey and China can help you in the meantime. But it won’t last forever.
Putin (laughs) — Erdogan will outfox you anytime. He’s a master.
Biden — Third, please listen carefully… the West will make Ukraine a star nation.
Putin turns serious.
Biden — We will invest in them so they will shine and be the envy of the world. I understand they have a history of corruption…
